Wow! Amazing how the word Discipline affects us isn't it? Do you suddenly have flashes of childhood? Memories of being grounded or maybe worse? I break out in a cold sweat just thinking about it.....don't you? Of course you do. We all do. Something in us rebels against the idea of allowing any sort of discipline or accountability in our lives. Sadly enough, this is a truth that plays itself out in every aspect of our lives. We have not trusted because we are afraid. Sometimes with good reason. Many of us have been damaged by "discipline". So many times I have heard people say they have been hurt, therefore, they don't trust.
Unfortunately we have allowed this attitude to rob us of a great gift from God in our lives. The Spiritual Disciplines are not a set of rules and regulations that bind us, but rather principles that free us. If we can take the time to really trust God in our lives with the areas that are hard to let go of - he will respond. But alas, we do not. So we continue to overlook this great treasure chest of lifestyle practices that create space in our lives that God wants to come and fill. Because we do this, we continue to live empty, void.
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